![]() Sometimes when especially startled, Iyami will also yell "Jeeeh!" (ジェー) or "Shyooeeh!" (ショエー). As mentioned before, early instances involve Iyami inserting the foot of his upwards leg into his mouth, biting the toes. When performing his "Sheeh!", Iyami's shoe may also come off and his sock will comically spring out. The bent leg can either be on the same side as the arm facing up, or the arm that is straight. One leg is bent upwards, crossing over the other planted on the ground, and the foot is turned outward. ![]() The other arm is bent at the elbow and across the body, with its palm to either be across the chest (as if holding the heart in shock) or turned upwards. One arm is put up perpendicularly, with its wrist bent at a right angle to have the palm turned down. Although, this is paid nod to in -san with some graffiti in Iyami's bridge hideout reading "Chier!". There is also the theory that it was meant to represent the French slang of "Chier!" ("shit!") with Iyami's Francophilia, though other researchers dispute this as "chier" is often paired with "faire" (to make "take a shit!"). It is pronounced such a way in the 1966 anime adaptation, though pronounced the other way in the 1988 Pierrot anime and in -san.Īn opposite opinion about the word origin holds that as Akatsuka and Kenichiro Takai were repatriates from China, it may have come from 謝謝 ( Xiexie), "thank you". One theory is that the cry was meant to be pronounced with a high 'e', citing a surprised cry of "Heee" that would be distorted by Iyami's overbite. The pronunciation of the cry and its name origin has been left up to debate, with it being said in either a "shee" or " sheh"/"shay". Additionally, early instances where "Sheeh!" appeared with Iyami lacked the sock detail and had him biting the foot instead. To test if bystanders would find it funny, Akatsuka and the staff went to the Shinjuku Imperial gardens and tested it out, getting laughter from visitors.īefore this gag was officially named "Sheeh!" and brought in with Iyami and popularized, other characters could be seen performing a very similar pose in the series (except for the sock detail) an Amazon native does it in "A Visitor from a Hot Country", and the sextuplets' father performs it twice. This produced laughter from everyone involved, and Akatsuka found it hilarious enough to approve. After the staff was getting tired, an incident occurred when the next pose was struck: the elastic of a tattered sock was sprung, causing the sock to droop and bounce out. It is said that various poses were tested out, but weren't seen as interesting. The gag was developed through an "idea meeting" of Akatsuka, his assistants, and editor when trying to figure out a funny pose for Iyami being startled.
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